Anatol Lieven, from Russia with Love

This week, Quincy Institute scholar, author and journalist Anatol Lieven talks to us from Sochi, Russia, where he was a speaker this week at the 18th annual meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club. We talk about the mixed messages the administration is giving out on NATO, and the persisting tensions between Washington and Moscow, and hopes for some semblance of cooperation over Ukraine and nuclear missile agreements. In the first segment, Dan and Kelley wrestle with the legacy of Colin Powell, who died this week at the age of 84.

More by Anatol Lieven:

Ending the Threat of War in Ukraine: A Negotiated Solution to the Donbas Conflict and the Crimean Dispute -- June 2021 paper for the Quincy Institute. 

Vindicating Realist Internationalism -- September 16 -- Survival magazine 

Has neo-Orientalism killed our ability to sense the limits of Western influence? -- September 28 -- Responsible Statecraft

Most Recent from Daniel Larison: Note to Blinken: Israel’s ‘military option’ shouldn’t be on our table - October 15

Most Recent from Kelley Vlahos:  

Remembering Powell’s revealing exchange with Madeleine Albright -- October 18

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